1EGP: Eglin-C

Proteinase inhibitor eglin C with hydrolysed reactive center. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.0 Å resolution. Released 7 Dec 1995.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.0 Å
Organism
Hirudo medicinalis
Chains
2
Atoms
629
Mol. weight
8.12 kDa
Released
7 Dec 1995

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

1EGP contains 3 α-helices and 7 β-strands across 2 chains. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain A: 3 helices, 3 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand911
α-helix11-133
β-strand1712
α-helix18-2811
β-strand33-3861
α-helix41-433
Chain B: 0 helices, 4 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand51-5661
β-strand6212
β-strand6311
β-strand68-6921

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Eglin-CAprotein45Hirudo medicinalisP01051 (AlphaFold model)
Eglin-CBprotein25Hirudo medicinalisP01051 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>1EGP_1 EGLIN-C (chains A)
TEFGSELKSFPEVVGKTVDQAREYFTLHYPQYNVYFLPEGSPVTL
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>1EGP_2 EGLIN-C (chains B)
DLRYNRVRVFYNPGTNVVNHVPHVG

Primary citation

Structure of the proteinase inhibitor eglin c with hydrolysed reactive centre at 2.0 A resolution. Betzel, C., Dauter, Z., Genov, N. et al. FEBS Lett (1993) 317:185-188. DOI 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81273-3 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P01051 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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